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Living the Dream: PAE Engineers’ HQ Embodies an Aspirational Vision

Civil + Structural Engineer

PAE Engineers enjoys a unique symbol of its brand identity – the company’s Portland headquarters office, which is the world’s first developer-driven Living Building. PAE’s Living Building Challenge The PAE Living Building is a five-story, 58,000-square-foot mixed-use building located in a historic neighborhood in Portland.

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Failures: What if the coating is not the weakest link?

Construction Specifier

Sometimes, the coating system may perform appropriately but be compromised by other materials in the architectural assembly. This industrial building in the Midwest was constructed in 1945. In 2006, it was adapted for reuse as apartments. The weak surface layer is not a suitable substrate for the coating system.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Performance-centric reward system. All the tools and support services are readily available to enable strategic collaboration and efficient delivery of any type or size of repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build activity. Partnering: a team building approach to quality construction. Shared boundaries. REFERENCES.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 Service Pack 1 Available

Revit OpEd

For Autodesk Revit Architecture, Autodesk Revit Structure, and Autodesk Revit MEP, you can find the update in the Data & Downloads > Updates section of each product page: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 UR1. Autodesk Revit Structure 2013 UR1. Improves performance of opening and closing sketch mode in projects with many families.

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European Facility Management Data Standard – EN 15221 – 3

Building Information Management

E N 15221-1: Facility Management – Part 1: Terms and Definitions Version EN 15221-1:2006. It also provides a structure of facility services. E N 15221-2: Facility Management – Part 2: Facility Management — Agreements -Guidance on how to prepare Facility Management agreements Version EN 15221-2:2006. FM -indicator.

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

Facility / Infrastructure Life Cycle Cost: Costs associated with designing, acquiring, constructing, adapting, maintaining, repairing, and operating a built structure. The latter is a process involving the construction and management of physical and functional conditions of a built structure over time. Cohen, et al.,

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. Over his more than 38years service to FM Global, Mr. Gay has performed many different job assignments: . Dee Cramer is an industry leader in 3D CAD and Building Information Modeling.